ARTIST STATEMENT

"Creating my artworks helps me understand the connection between the human soul and the energy of music, musical instruments and other music related elements."

The central idea of my work is vibration. Vibrations in human voices, vibrations created by machines, vibrations communicated through music.

In combination with my passion for sounds and electric guitars, I created my first avant-garde musical instruments. Artists like Prince, George Benson, Nile Rogers, Lady Gaga and other great musicians have been and still are my customers and collectors.

For the first time in human history, the electric guitar has given an individual the opportunity to simultaneously communicate with tens of thousands of people through "vibrations" (music) at the same time. The clear recognition of the individual vibrations and the extremely high and previously unknown volume of communication were unique.

The study of the phenomenon of vibrations led me consequently to the ideas and researches of the Big Bang, matter, cosmic vibrations. In particular, I am fascinated by the relationship between cosmic vibrations (such as planetary frequencies) and our own vibrations (body matter, voice, self-created music).

This led to abandoning the traditional guitar ideas and focusing on the essences of the instruments as objects. On the one hand, as a formal approach: The shape of the object reveals references to the manifold possibilities of vibrations.

On the other hand, works are created that can rely on the function of a guitar and generate vibrations. In a new visual combination, issues arise that point to essential ideas on the smallest components of matter (string theories) about planetary frequencies to the orbits of the galaxies - in part with the support of NASA and the "European Organization for Astronomical Research" (ESO).

Biography

Jens Ritter’s artworks are collected by major museums like the Smithsonian Museum in Washington D.C, the Boston Museum Of Fine Arts, the MET - Metropolitan Museum Of Art in New York City, among others.

Education

 

Museum and private Collections (Selection)

MET Metropolitan Museum of Art New York City

Lady Gaga

Prince

Boston Museum of Fine Arts

George Benson

Mary J Blidge

Smithsonian Museum Washington D.C.

Nile Rodgers (Chic / Daft Punk)

Phil Lesh (Grateful Dead)

Sammy Hagar (Van Halen)

MPK Art Museum Kaiserslautern (Germany)

Paul Turner (Jamiroquai)

NAMM Museum San Diego

LaMarquis Jefferson (Usher)

Landesmuseum Mannheim (Germany)

Publications (Selection)

Robb Report, Emarat Al Youm Dubai, Las Vegas Sun, Die Zeit, Kempinski Magazine, Kunstraum Metropol, San Diego Journal, Thailand Millionaire Magazine, Die Rheinpfalz, Revelations Catalogue, FAZ Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Rubensteins, Bildzeitung, Chefs!, Nippon Epress, Guitar Aficionado, Smartlife, Handelsblatt, Carved, Traditional Jewelers, Ubi Bene, Wish Report, Bachendorf's Accent, Pixx Magazine, Koeln Express, Gary's, Bass Player, Davison Magazine Singapore, Guitar World Magazin

TV Documentaries

CBS-News, ARD Germany, SWR Germany,

 Awards

Single Exhibitions

Exhibition Participation and Fairs